Teacher Observation and Development​(90% of Final Summative Rating)

HOW OFTEN WILL OBSERVATIONS BE CONDUCTED FOR THE PURPOSES OF EVALUATION?Every teacher will be observed by an evaluator a minimum of two times over the course of a school year - one time per semester. A teacher may be observed more than one time each semester at the administrator's discretion.

WHO MAY CONDUCT AN OBSERVATION FOR THE PURPOSES OF EVALUATION?Observations may be conducted by building-level administrators (principals, assistant principals, department chairs, professional development specialists) or by district-level administrators (directors, assistant directors, coordinators).

HOW WILL FEEDBACK FROM OBSERVATIONS RELATED TO AN EVALUATION BE PROVIDED?Observations will be recorded in iObservation, an online software product that serves as the interface for evaluation data for both teachers and administrators. Every teacher has a login and password that gives them access to their own evaluation data and provides them with the opportunity to upload evidence, or artifacts, to support their evaluation. If you cannot log on to iObservation, please email iobservationhelp@evsck12.com. Members should make sure that all of the boxes are checked in the "Email Notification Preferences" under "My Settings" in iObservation.

HOW ARE OBSERVATIONS SCORED?Evidence gathered from the observations and teacher-provided artifacts are scored according to a rubric. Click below for an outline of each rubric with weightings for each domain and competency. A full description of each competency is in each rubric document, which are all available on EVSC Connect. Competencies noted with an asterisk (*) are essential competencies, and the minimum expectation is that the final evaluation includes evidence of the essential competencies. The remaining competencies can be included in the final evaluation if evidence presents itself during the evaluation process. Only competencies that are rated (including ALL essential competencies) will be considered in the determination of the final evaluation.

Teachers are assigned a score on a﻿ 5-point scale f﻿or each essential competency as well as all other competencies for which evidence was gathered via observation or teacher-provided artifacts. If non-essential competencies are not scored, their weight is distributed proportionally among the other competencies within the same domain. Based on the percentage weighting for each competency as indicated in the outlines, an overall rubric score between 1 and 5 is assigned to each teacher.